[Advisors] Internet for All. Internet Use and Accessibility for Low-Income Canadians

[Garth Graham]

Internet for All. Internet Use and Accessibility for Low-Income Canadians. ACORN Canada, January 2016
https://www.acorncanada.org/resource/internet-all

This survey was conducted in response to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s review of basic telecommunications services, and as a part of ACORN Canada’s Internet for All campaign for affordable internet prices. The objective of the survey was to identify the experiences of low-income ACORN Canada members with regard to internet use and accessibility.

ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Canada is an independent national organization of low- and moderate-income families with 70,000+ members in 20 neighbourhood chapters across nine cities. ACORN believes that social and economic justice can best be achieved with a national active membership who are invested in their organization and focused on building community power for change.

ACORN Canada members feel strongly that access to home internet is essential and a right. Through a process of community consultation and active member participation, in 2012 ACORN Canada members identified the high cost of home internet as a major barrier to low-income earners’ participation and success in the new digital economy.

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